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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza + US allows Pfizer jabs for 12 to 15-year-olds + US says 'Russia-based' group behind pipeline hack + Golden Globes in doubt over diversity row + Smuggling dog detained at Panama prison Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, leaving 20 dead amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. 700 words 0630 GMT by Ben Simon with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Already moved: Israel-conflict-Palestinians-hospitals,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict,REAX Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States authorises the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old, while in India the devastating outbreak rages on. 750 words 0800 GMT by Torrence Otten. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-oil-crime-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden says a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES The future of the Golden Globes is plunged into jeopardy as NBC cancels its broadcast of next year's prestigious awards, days after major Hollywood studios and stars such as Scarlett Johansson lined up to slam the organization over its diversity record. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal Panama-city-animal PANAMA CITY Weeks after busting a cocaine-packing "narcocat," prison officials in Panama have intercepted a dog caught ferrying letters between inmates, authorities say. 250 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-business-offices,FOCUS NEW YORK From business district buildings slowly coming back to life to the return of lunchtime queues at salad bars: signs that workers are returning to New York's offices are multiplying. 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- AMERICA -- Entertainment-Jamaica-music-reggae-Marley,FOCUS KINGSTON, Jamaica It's been four decades since Bob Marley's death, a period longer than the reggae icon's brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. 700 words moved by Andre Rich. File picture Colombia-politics-protest-unrest,FOCUS BOGOTA Faced with angry street protests and international criticism over his security forces' response, Colombian President Ivan Duque is coming across as erratic and out of touch with a country in crisis, analysts say. 650 words moved by David Salazar. Picture -- ASIA -- China-population-demographics,WRAP BEIJING China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society. 600 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video Australia-NZealand-consumers-food,FOCUS SOMERSBY, Australia Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the "manuka" label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar. 750 words moved by Gregory Plesse. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear-politics-UN,lead TEHRAN Iran says it may extend an agreement allowing UN inspectors to monitor some key activities if talks with world powers on its nuclear programme continue "on the right track". 400 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says the "great majority" of those killed in a massacre in the war-hit Tigray region were fighters and not civilians, contradicting multiple independent accounts. 500 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-royals LONDON Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday makes her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, to open a new session of parliament and present her newly victorious government's post-pandemic legislative agenda. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-economy-energy-investment-recovery PARIS G7 nations should collectively spend a trillion dollars a year over the next decade to set the world on a path towards sustainable growth, according to an independent report requested by Britain's prime minister. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood Britain-environment-whale LONDON Fears grow for the fate of an infant whale that was rescued from the banks of the River Thames in London, after it swam upstream instead of back out to sea. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Britain-politics-finance-business-Greensill,WRAP LONDON Australian financier Lex Greensill faces a grilling by British lawmakers over his collapsed company Greensill Capital, which has triggered fears of major job losses and accusations of political wrongdoing in the UK. 500 words moved -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka admits she's "not really sure" the coronavirus-hit Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as doubts grow about the Games just weeks before the opening ceremony. 600 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video Basket-NBA-Westbrook,LEAD LOS ANGELES Russell Westbrook writes his way into NBA history, bagging the 182nd triple-double of his career to break Oscar Robertson's 47-year-old record. 600 words moved afp
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